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AMC Won’t Require Masks When Theaters Reopen Because of ‘Political Controversy’

‘COUNTERPRODUCTIVE’

“We did not want to be drawn into a political controversy,” said the company’s CEO.

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Blake Montgomery 

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Blake Montgomery

Blake Montgomery

Former Reporter/Editor

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